On 10/01/2018 08:48 AM, Michał Górny wrote: > On Mon, 2018-10-01 at 08:19 -0700, Zac Medico wrote: >> I have created a patch that will allow ebuilds to whitelist directories >> by setting a QA_INSTALL_PATHS variable [3], however @mgorny said: > > @mgorny was seriously concerned about trigger-happy patch authors who > find it urgent to silence QA warnings without even bothering to properly > discuss the problem.
Discussion takes time, and I'm a very busy person, sorry about that. Anyway, eventually we are forced to discuss those issues that really matter. > And is continuously concerned about people who > want something but don't bother starting the discussion, and instead > rely on somebody else to start the discussion, even without having > the appropriate knowledge on what the problem is in the first place. > In other words, this is something that should be discussed on a case-by- > case basis. Not the usual Gentoo thing of 'I don't like this QA > warning, let's silence it quickly and go on ignoring everyone, whether > my package is broken or not'. Maybe we should implement a policy requiring gentoo-dev mailing list proposals for QA_INSTALL_PATHS usage in gentoo ebuilds (similar to the policy for news items and eclass changes)? -- Thanks, Zac
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